Wheeled gun-carriage.



B. BOURDELLES.

WHEELED GUN CARRIAGE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1914.

1,1 12,430. Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

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EMILEBOURDELLES, OF PARIS, rnancn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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WHEEL-ED GUN-CARRIAGE.

Patented Oct. a, rare.

Original application filed. May 21, 1913, Serial No. 768,953. Divided-and this application filed ApritZO,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMILE BOURDELLES, a citizen of the Republic of France, and resident of Paris, France, have invented a new and useful Improvement in lVheeled Gun- Carria-ges, which invention is fully set forth in the following specification.

This invention relates to wheeled gun carriages, and more particularly to such carriages when provided with a supporting frame for the gun pivotally mounted on the axle of the carriage and with rearwardly extending anchor members, the free ends of which rest on the ground.

The invention herein set forth is divided out of my pending application Serial No. 768,953, filed May 21, 1913.

This invention has for its object to provide a wheeled gun carriage in which the strains of recoil shall be transmitted directly through the anchor members to the axle and the wheels without the interposition of any connecting pivots which might form a source of weakness, and at the same time leave such anchor members free to adapt themselves to the conformation of the ground on which the gun carriage may rest.

lVith this object in View, the invention consists in providing a gun carriage with anchor members, preferably diverging toward the rear, which members are mounted to turn on the axle itself as a pivot, said members being connected to each other by means of suitable gearing whereby they may be simultaneously turned about the axle, but in opposite directions, and thus adjust themselves to the conformation of the ground on which the carriage rests.

In order that the invention may be readily understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings showing one constructional form thereof, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a wheeled gun carriage embodying my improvement; and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional detail view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings are shown a pair of wheels and axle of a gun carriage, on the axle b of which are hinged two anchor members a hinged on the carriage axle by means of sleeves a formed in the forward ends of the members and held against sidewise movement on the axle between shoulders c and nuts (Z. The forward ends of the anchor members a are provided with gear Serial N0.833,246.

teeth which mesh with a toothed connect ing member 72, pivotally mounted on the forward side of the axle b. This pivoted member is held in place by a lock nut a. The top gun carriage, not shown, is supported on a pivot 7 preferably carried by the axle Z).

The operation of the device will be read are directly transmitted to the axle and wheels without the interposition of any pivots which might form a source of weakness.

l/Vhat is claimed is 1. In a gun carriage, the combination with the axle of the carriage, of a pair of anchor members provided with gear teeth and revolubly supported on said axle, and a rotary member mounted on said axle having gear teeth engaging said teeth on the anchor members.

2. In a gun carriage, the combination with the axle of the carriage, of a pair of anchor members revolubly mounted on said axle and having forwardly extending ends provided with gear teeth, and a member pivoted to said axle between said members and having teeth engaging the teeth on said anchor members for causing said members to rotate together.

3. In a gun carriage, the combination of the axle, a pair of anchor members mounted 011 opposite sides of the center of the axle and turning on the axle as a pivot, and gearing directly connecting said anchor members whereby they may be simultaneously turned independently of the axle.

4. In a gun carriage, the combination with the axle of the carriage, of a pair of diverging anchor members mounted to turn on the axle as an axis, said anchor members having their portions to the rear of the axle resting on the ground and with portions ex tending forwardly of the axle, and gearing connections between the forward portions of said anchor members.

5. In a gun carriage, the combination engaging the gear teeth "on said pivoted 10' with the axle of the carriage, of a piyqt egg gn eiiyflqgy, V tending forwardly of the'airle in "the h01i--' ""In testimony whereof I have signed this zontal plane thereof, a member ngnnted ,to .g oeeifiggttiqn in the presence of two 'sub- 5 ,turn On said pivot and having gear teeth on: ebpibing Witnesses.

' opposite sides of said pivot, angi enehqr. EMILE BOURDELLES, members mounted to turn on the axle of the Witnesses:

carriage asen axis and having forwand-ly ELY EE. PALMER, "projecting arms provided with gear teeth JACK O. BAKER,

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